petrushka.googol Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Can matter in plasma state (like fire for example) obey the law of fluid mechanics or are there other laws that govern the movement of plasma that differ from these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematic Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 I am no expert, but it seems to me that particles in a plasma state have so much kinetic energy, that fluid mechanics would break down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 I suspect the strength of the interaction is not a part of standard fluid dynamics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endy0816 Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 (edited) Falls under magnetohydrodynamics. Combines Navier-Stokes with Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism. I've always been kind of interested in it after we had a case of ball lightning on the sub. Followed the poor guy up a ladder(read: stairs). He survived but got singed pretty good. Edited October 20, 2013 by Endy0816 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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